triumph project (Venture Hobbies Voltima tribute)

[Ooben]

Old Voltimas don't die......they just transform themselves into a drag chassis!





Ok, that's a bit of a stretch.....and I really am done hijacking this thread....

[Mr. ED]

Don't worry. You're blowing new life into the thread. Is that a parma body? Very cool creation

[Ooben]

Don't worry. You're blowing new life into the thread. Is that a parma body? Very cool creation

Heh...thanks...I have been on the receiving end of getting reamed over necro-posting.....didn't want to cause problems.....
Yeah, that's a Parma body, got it back in the 80's to match my Little Brother's 57 Chevy. The chassis is part Voltima, at least the graphite plate is....the rest I scavenged off an old pan car I had....

I sure do wish the OP would put up a video of his handmade Voltima....that is too cool looking....

[Ooben]

Here are some shots of the KV stripped down.....like the ad says.....





You can see the carbon motor plate I made....



And the amount of anti-squat built in, the other battery/suspension mount had about half this.....



I don't think these cars probably handled any better than any other well setup Ultima, but for me, they were easy to configure, and seemed to fit my driving style.....

[Mr. ED]

Looking over all the pics I'd say your car would have some advantages over a 'stock' or 'pro' on rough tracks. The increased anti-squat, long travel shocks upfront, very wide front because of the combined parts, wide rear: thicker than normal hexes, centered weight : all this should benefit you most on bumpy terrain.

[Ooben]

Once I got the basic configuration down, there was very little I did to prep for one track or another. I had 3 sets of shocks (the BIG advantage of the plastic shocks....they were cheap!) that had light, medium, and heavy oil, and 2 sets of springs. I always ran the Schumacher 4 spike rears and the 2 spike front tires, never changed them out. As wide as I had the front of the car, any tires wider than the 2 spikes would not fit in the ROAR drop box.

I used to run 2 KVs....stock and modified. For whatever reason, I always like the way the stock car handled best. I ended up selling the modified car, and I built up another transmission with a 32 pitch gear set....hell for stout it was. All it took was removing 5 screws and desolder/resoldering motor wires to swap out the stock and modified motor/transmissions. Sometimes all I did was put a 7 cell battery in between heats and ran the stock motor in modified.

[Ooben]

I was digging around out in the garage and I found some more Voltima goodies.....the a-arms are the 2 degree toe-in ones.....



I forgot I was running a Hyperdrive setup on my stock class car....

[Mr. ED]

I tried that hyperdrive setup once... It didn't last a single raceday.

[Ooben]

I tried that hyperdrive setup once... It didn't last a single raceday.

To be honest, I don't remember ever racing with that on my car...may have been just goofing around with it. I do have one on my HPI RS4....love the "stealthiness" of it....all belts, no noise......

[Lonestar]

Think of the drag!

Think of the inefficiency!

Think of the motor BB's!

I absolutely love it - That hyperdrive tranny is the shiznit The things we were running bitd, eh?!?!

[Ooben]

Think of the drag!

Think of the inefficiency!

Think of the motor BB's!

I absolutely love it - That hyperdrive tranny is the shiznit The things we were running bitd, eh?!?!

But...but...it was new! And innovative! And quiet! Quiet had to be good....right?

I remember running one on my Schumacher CAT.....everybody was freaking out because it was so quiet....worked to my advantage....right up to the point when the belt stripped.....

[Ooben]

Got my car going....after sitting for 20 years or so.....with a Kyosho stock 05 motor, I wasn't too impressed....but it did roll!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GN4J0LmgC0

[dirt oval rc]

The video will get posted soon i need to let the mud dry some. its cool you worked for venture. my project has been fun and the car does handle well.

[Ooben]

The video will get posted soon i need to let the mud dry some. its cool you worked for venture. my project has been fun and the car does handle well.

That would be great! I am looking forward to watching the video.....maybe you could post up some more pics of it?

[aip47-2008]

Well, Tony hasn't logged in for about 4 years so it's about time for an update

Just "found" one and can't wait to get it cleaned up!

And damned If I have not found one from my old Hometown Of Lewiston, Idaho where they were made!